This booklet has been prepared to provide students, parents, and counselors with information about America's boarding schools and to help them with the application process. It includes brief descriptions of 139 boarding schools--junior schools, boys' schools, girls' schools, military academies, and coeducational schools. It is offered solely as an…

The annual directory of organizations includes approximately 300 national organizations, professional associations, and government agencies listed by handicapping condition or state, and about 60 private schools serving individuals with handicapping conditions, listed by state. (DB)

This directory provides data on more than 15,000 private schools belonging to the 14 national private school associations that comprise the membership of the Council for American Private Education. Accrediting and evaluation practices of all 14 member organizations are given in detail. Information reported in the school listings was provided by…

Private schools have been a part of America's educational system since the colonial days; today private schools account for over 20 percent of all elementary and secondary schools and 12 percent of the student population. Despite the major role private schools play in educating America's children, information on these institutions has been hard to…

The directory provides information on 59 State licensed private nursery schools in Los Angeles County which have indicated a willingness to accept children with handicaps. Given in the listing for each school are name, phone, address, capacity enrollment, ratio of adults to children, total number of teaching staff, number of volunteers, number of…

This guide lists facilities that have been issued certificates by the Virginia Board of Education to serve handicapped individuals. The 56 facilities listed include both day programs and residential programs and include services to all age groups from birth through adulthood. Each listing includes facility name and address, administrator and…

In this directory, private schools in Texas are listed by religious affiliation, if any, and the following information is also provided: school name; address; county, district, and campus numbers; names of superintendent and principal; number of staff; grades taught; enrollment by grade level (prekindergarten, kindergarten, 1-6, 7-12); year of…

Lists institutions affiliated with the North Central Association's Commission on Schools by state or country. For each school, indicates location, chief executive officer, grades, staff size, enrollment, and date of accreditation. (DMM)

Reports on the membership of the North Central Association's Commission on Schools. Lists newly admitted schools; withdrawn or discontinued members; members of the commission's reviewing committees; and committees of the commission. Provides a membership list by category of schools. (DMM)

This CD-ROM contains the 1997 Private School Locator. It includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, enrollment, and other descriptive data for 29,845 private schools in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It is derived from the 1997-98 Private School Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education…

The Educational Directory, 1919-20 is divided into seven distinct parts. Part 4, Special Schools, covers the following topic areas: (1) Superintendents of schools for the blind; (2) Superintendents of schools for the deaf (State schools; Private schools); and (3) Superintendents of schools for the feeble-minded (State schools; Private schools).…

This booklet provides an initial list of resources that development personnel in Catholic schools may explore as they build their plans and programs. Seven types of resources are identified. The first type includes books and periodicals on public relations, fund raising, foundations, estate planning, long range planning, studnt recruitment and…

This document briefly discusses what the National Diffusion Network (NDN) has to offer students in private schools, notes that it is a requirement of the program that private school students be included, describes the program, and discusses how the participation of private school children can be maximized. Appendices list NDN state facilitators,…

This publication is an annual directory to several hundred selected independent schools and colleges, summer study programs, and camps throughout the United States. Most of the directory's content consists of advertisements for particular schools, programs, and camps, grouped by geographic region. In addition to advertisements, it also includes 23…

Demonstrating the variety in program and student involvement in experimental learning, this catalog brings together some of the various adaptations of Outward Bound (OB) in 82 private schools around the country. The catalog, which may serve as a sounding board for a brainstorming session, includes: the school name, address, and phone; contact…